Legislation on ‘Islamic sokouk’ among bills to be referred to NA
Info minister opens KTV descriptive video service
KUWAIT CITY, June 3: The draft law on Islamic sokouk is among the bills concerned authorities are working hard to pave way for the lawmakers to perform their legislative role upon its referral to the National Assembly, reports Al-Anba daily.
A security source said six government sectors agreed on the significance of preparing the bill, while their combined efforts will speed up crystallization of the final draft. He mentioned the authorities involved in the process as the Ministry of Finance, State Audit Bureau, Fatwa and Legislation Department, Parliamentary Committee on Budgets and Final Accounting, and the Central Bank of Kuwait, in addition to authorities that coordinate and follow-up the completion of draft laws at the appropriate time.
Amendments
Responding to a question on other bills under review, the source cited amendments to privatization law, new national budgets law, and strategic alternative law. He stated some bylaws have been prepared already and transmitted to the government, citing the amended military law, National Bureau for Human Rights and Municipality law.
Meanwhile, Minister of Information Mohammad Al-Jabri opened on Saturday the Descriptive Video Service (DVS) designed to serve the visually impaired people.
“The service marks another quantum leap in the chain of successes of Kuwait TV (KTV) by national cadres,” he said at a ceremony, hosted by the National Library.
“By introducing this service which will help the visually impaired to interact with the TV drama, KTV becomes a trailblazer in the region,” said Al-Jabri who doubles as minister of state for youth affairs.
“This achievement falls in the framework of an ambitious plan, set by the Ministry of Information, to modernize the KTV channels and suit the tastes of all audience,” the minister added.
On his part, Eng. Abdul-Aziz Al-Janahi, advisor to the minister, said the 3D soiree “Masrah Al-Jarima” is KTV’s first performance applying the DVS technique.
“The coming stage will see the official introduction of the service to the digital transmission and control systems,” he added.
The DVS, also referred to as audio description, video description, or more precisely visual description, consists of a narrator talking through the presentation of what is happening on the screen or stage.
It was first offered by the American Council of the Blind (ACB) in early 2009, followed by the BBC in August 2009.